eki közden birin qoymağan
/eki køzden birin qojmaʁan/
Literal translation
not leaving one of the two eyes
Intended meaning
Said of a person known far and wide as a thief and plunderer, who strips a victim of everything.
- Abrek bolub ketgen Abdullah eki közden birin qoymağan qanbuz edi.Abdullah, who had gone off to live as an abrek, was a cutthroat who left his victims nothing at all.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 511